Electricity production from coal sources in Australia
Australia: Electricity production from coal sources was 46.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from coal sources in Australia, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Australia recorded 46.0% for electricity production from coal sources in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Australia peaked at 83.8% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 46.0%, in 2024.
That places Australia 16th out of 209 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 78.4% | — |
| 1991 | 80.2% | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 80.9% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 80.2% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 81.0% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 80.0% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 82.0% | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 82.8% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 83.8% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 82.6% | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 82.9% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 83.2% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 77.0% | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 77.4% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 77.6% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 79.4% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 79.6% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 77.0% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 75.8% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 74.9% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 71.3% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 68.0% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 68.6% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 63.8% | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 61.4% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 63.1% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 63.6% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 62.7% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 60.4% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 58.4% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 54.9% | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 52.8% | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 49.2% | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 46.5% | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 46.0% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.2% | 78.4% | 83.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.5% | 74.9% | 83.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.1% | 58.4% | 71.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.9% | 46.0% | 54.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More energy & mining data for Australia
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fuel imports 11.7% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 1.9% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 34.6% (2025)
- Gas production 1,486 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 55,080 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 1,486 terawatt-hours (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Australia?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Australia was 46.0% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 83.8% in 1998.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.0% in 2024.
- How does Australia rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from coal sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.